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The cyclone Amphan: PM Modi said the National Disaster Relief Force teams are working in the affected areas.
Highlights
- PM said the Disaster Relief Force teams are working in the affected areas
- The cyclone had crushed Kolkata yesterday, killing at least 12 people
- Mamata Banerjee has claimed damages of Rs 1 lakh crore to the state
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the entire nation stands with Bengal and “no stone will be left unturned” to help those affected by yesterday’s devastating cyclone Amphan. The cyclone had crushed the state capital of Kolkata for more than four hours yesterday, uprooting trees, knocking down utility poles, damaging buildings and killing 72 people.
“We have been seeing visual of West Bengal in the devastation caused by the Cyclone Amphan. In this difficult hour, the entire nation is in solidarity with West Bengal. Praying for the well-being of the people of the state. Efforts are on to ensure normal,” the Prime Minister wrote on twitter today.
We have been seeing visual of West Bengal in the devastation caused by the Cyclone Amphan. In this difficult hour, the entire nation is in solidarity with West Bengal. Praying for the well-being of the people of the state. Efforts are on to ensure normal.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 21, 2020
In another tweet, he said that the teams of the National Disaster Relief Force teams are working in areas affected by the cyclone.
“Senior officials are monitoring the situation and will also work in close coordination with the government of West Bengal. No stone will be left unturned in helping the affected,” his tweet read.
NDRF teams are working in the cyclone affected parts. Senior officials are monitoring the situation and will also work in close coordination with the government of West Bengal.
No stone will be left unturned in helping the affected.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 21, 2020
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the impact of Amphan was worse than the coronavirus pandemic, and stated that the state has incurred damages in the sum of Rs 1 lakh crore.
The previous night, she described the cyclone as a catastrophe. “Sarvanash hoye gelo (this if a catastrophe)…”I’m sitting in the war room. My office in Nabanna is shaking. I am facing a difficult situation on a war footing. The storm is likely to continue until midnight,” Ms Banerjee said in a statement.
This morning, Kolkata seemed like a battlefield, with fallen trees, snarled power lines and buildings damaged by the blocking of roads. The runway at Kolkata airport was full, two hangers had suffered extensive damage. Many parts of the city suffered a blackout, which has not yet been restored.
At least two districts – North and South 24 Parganas districts-sustained serious damage as winds with a speed of up to 125 miles an hour in a hot coastal areas and swept inland.
More than five lakh people had been evacuated to shelters in Bengal and more than a lakh in Odisha.
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